Alaska Cruise Ship Illness

Passengers began reporting to the ships medical center with gastrointestinal illness according to Karen Candy a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises.

Alaska cruise ship illness. CDC reports 30 of 700 43 passengers and 17 of 585 29 crew have reported gastrointestinal illness on the 8 November - 2 December cruise. Cruise ships planning to or currently sailing US. No outbreaks were recorded in 2013 or 2014.

ANCHORAGE Alaska AP The Canadian government has extended a ban on cruise ships through February 2022 which is expected to block many ships from visiting Alaska this year. On June 2 the ship reported that 5 of 574 087 crew and 64 of 1230 52 passengers were ill. The predominant symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea.

However person-to-person transmission via ill cabin mates and public vomiting incidents contribute to the occurrence of most of the outbreaks among passengers 16. Only 4 gastrointestinalNorovirus outbreaks occurred over the last five years among the Norwegian fleet yet 2000 passengers were infected. The cruise vessel was accused in dumping its swimming pools waters a total of 66000 gallons or 250000 litres into the waters of Glacier Bay National Park Alaska in 2011.

Over the last five years only 4 reported cases of illness have been recorded aboard the ships in the Oceania fleet with approximately 300 passengers infected with some form of gastrointestinalNorovirus sickness. Waters are asked to submit daily reports known as the Enhanced Data Collection EDC during COVID-19 Pandemic form to the CDC. Transport Canada on Thursday announced the extension of the ban enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During one cruise in 2012 from New York to the Bahamas nearly 1000 passengers became violently ill with GI related symptoms. If you feel ill from Norovirus while on a cruise ship visit the ships doctor. Cruises - Sea Sickness and Alaska - I am prone to sea sickness and my husband just loves cruises.

In 2018 the number of reported illness outbreaks on cruise ships was 15. The US Centers for Disease Control is helping to investigate an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea aboard a cruise ship in Alaska. The 7 day Alaska cruise ended in Vancouver on June 4.